Maionia in Lydia

Historical city

Maionia or Maeonia (Greek: Μαιονία), was a city of the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine era located near the Hermos River,^[1] in ancient Lydia. Both Ramsay and Talbert^[2] tentatively identified the ancient polis with the modern village of Koula (Turkish for fortress) a village known for its carpet manufacture.^[3]

The town is mentioned by Pliny the Elder,^[4] Hierocles,^[5] and in the Notitiae Episcopatuum. Several coins from Maionia exist. In antiquity the city was part of the Katakekaumene Decapolis of towns. Once the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.^[6]

Its site is located near Menye in Asiatic Turkey.^[7]^[8]

References

^ W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (Cambridge University Press, 2010) p123.
^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of Greek and Roman World (Princeton University Press, 2000) p849.
^ Ramsay,p123.
^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.29.30.
^ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 670.
^ Catholic Hierarchy
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Maeonia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.